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APPROVED AND ENTRUSTED: Two confidences that bring about a deep sense of GOD’S APPROVAL, and a deep sense of STEWARDSHIP. What an honor to know that God looks upon us with favor, deeming us worthy to be entrusted with the gospel that sets people free. Possessed with such a sense of mission, the Apostle Paul continued to exhort the believers [...]

                I love reading the parables; they’re just my favorites. Simple and yet profound. I love stories, and I like how Jesus tells them. I think Jesus is the greatest storyteller, and I certainly know you agree. Do you remember the Parable of the Talents? It’s found in Matthew 25:14-30. Remember what the [...]

                A Christian wrote a letter to the editor of a newspaper and complained for all to read, that it did not make sense to him to go to church every Sunday. “I’ve gone for 30 years now,” he wrote, “and in that time I have heard something like 3,000 sermons. But for [...]

                I believe in the wind, even though I cannot see it. I know without it, I will die. No matter how much I inhale, how hard I inhale, how often I inhale… if there is no wind I will naturally die. I was designed this way; it is not a flaw, but [...]

                The book of Ecclesiastes never fails to amaze me. Written by the richest person ever to walk the face of the earth, King David’s son, the wise King Solomon. And with all his majestic trappings of abundance, he exclaims with certainty, with finality; “The foolishness of thinking that wealth brings happiness!” – [...]

                I visited my favorite bookstore last Sunday after church. It is a daily routine I cherish. It is a time for me to feed my mind. Safely hidden in one of the bookshelf corner was this little green book by a certain Frank Mihalic, Stories. This book engrossed me for an hour. [...]

                Don’t pray with the sole motive to get, get, GET. While there is no doubt that your prayers would be heard, you will not get the response you are seeking. Our God seeks a relationship with you. It is His PRIMARY goal. It is the kind of relationship that begins with another [...]